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Cherry

Cherry

by Matt Thorne (Author)

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    Paperback 2005

    $3.47
Synopsis

Steve Ellis is rather bored with his life. His job is unexciting, he hasn't had a girlfriend in years, and now his bedroom ceiling is caving in. Then he meets a man in a pub who asks him about his perfect woman. Of course, Steve thinks this is all a joke and describes his fantasy right down to the very last, and very idiosyncratic detail including her name - Cherry. So when Cherry not only appears, but fulfils Steve every desire and whim, Steve is confused, taken aback, but also deliriously happy. But such happiness comes with a price. When you meet a man in a bar and he arranges for you to fall in love there's bound to be some strings attached. Some people will do anything for love ...

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 256
 Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 15 Sep 2005
ISBN 10: 0753819147
ISBN 13: 9780753819142
Book Overview: LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2004 Cherry has been optioned by BBC Films Cherry also received rave reviews: 'Faux-naif weird charm, pitched between Rupert Thomson and David Lynch...the novel acquires that most wonderful and blessed quality unique to good books: it is hard to put down...neither a straightforward love story nor literary erotica...It does work as a puzzling fantasy that's a successfully odd blend of both' Independent 'Cherry is an utterly absorbing read: a hugely satisfying case of a writer finding a narrative perfectly suited to his sparse prose style' Daily Mail 'Taut and considered, it's a jaunty exercise in comedy/horror/fantasy ...Cherry's real strength is its incidental comedy and Steve's chatty narration that teems with elliptical observations and asides' Time Out 'Scary, sexy, daring. Reminds me of Paul Auster and The Magus' Julie Myerson

Media Reviews
'There is more than a whiff of Stepford Wives about Thorne's creepy little tale...The author's spare, matter-of-fact style... is well suited to this depiction of self-abnegation and delusion.' TIMES (17.9.05) 'A sinister Borgesian game uncoils whose denouement is cleverly obscured until the final pages.' OBSERVER 'The novel unexpectedly develops into a kind of paranoid thriller, as Steve finds out what he's capable of doing for love. Its open ending and Thorne's dispassionate prose allow you to read it as either a simple morality tale...or, more rewardingly, a study in sexual obsession and paranoid delusion.' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY (25.9.05) 'This tale of a teacher whose love life takes a surreal turn when he meets an old man is dark and addictive.' HEAT (1-7 October) **** 'The perils of sexual fantasy furnish Matt Thorne with the theme for this satire-cum-thriller.' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH (9.10.05) 'There are impressive touches, and Thorne is very good on peculiarly male characteristics and interests: boredom, sex, sleep and emotional detachment.' -- Jerome de Groot GUARDIAN (15.10.05) 'Thorne's smartly written novel has fun with a full complement of modern anxieties about relationships and sex.' INDEPENDENT (28.10.05)
Author Bio
Matt Thorne lives with his wife in Stoke Newington. He is a full-time writer and book reviewer.